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Rickster
Well you are in the minority on that opinion the stage format has gotten great reviews and it makes them race hard the whole race I love it
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Mongoose
Any NASCAR fans out there among the Stones faithful?
With me, it was genetic. Born in NC, raised in VA, started out a Richard Petty fan, then Dale Earnhardt, then Dale, Jr.
Now, I have to go with Chase Elliott.
Nothing quite like 40 cars at Talladega or Daytona going by you at 200 mph, each of them the volume of Blue Cheer.
"I just feel bad for them boys back in the shop. The Sani-Flush Moonpie Chevy was runnin' good today till we came outta that tunnel turn, and it was Nellie Bar the Door....."
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Leonioid
caught the tail end... saw the rich boy who was gifted his ride (over many more talented drivers because of who his grand dad is) dirty driving, crash out Eric Almirola.. and the announcers didnt even talk about it... barley showed... they fear the power of the dirty drivers grand pa... that epitomizes stock car racing these days.
They showed one replay of the dirty driving.... didnt talk about it.
Had it been the other way around .. it would have been... ah... stock car racing is BS... I expect nothing else from them.
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Leonioid
caught the tail end... saw the rich boy who was gifted his ride (over many more talented drivers because of who his grand dad is) dirty driving, crash out Eric Almirola.. and the announcers didnt even talk about it... barley showed... they fear the power of the dirty drivers grand pa... that epitomizes stock car racing these days.
They showed one replay of the dirty driving.... didnt talk about it.
Had it been the other way around .. it would have been... ah... stock car racing is BS... I expect nothing else from them.
Agree 100%
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Leonioid
caught the tail end... saw the rich boy who was gifted his ride (over many more talented drivers because of who his grand dad is) dirty driving, crash out Eric Almirola.. and the announcers didnt even talk about it... barley showed... they fear the power of the dirty drivers grand pa... that epitomizes stock car racing these days.
They showed one replay of the dirty driving.... didnt talk about it.
Had it been the other way around .. it would have been... ah... stock car racing is BS... I expect nothing else from them.
Agree 100%
Back in the day I used to say "It is hard to rig things at 180mph"...
but over time I realized they do indeed rig stock car racing, they play favorites, they changed the rules... and changed some more rules... then they changed the race format and more. It is like gerrymandering, all designed to push their "chosen boys" up front and get rid of anyone who doesn't want to play by brian france (and his cronies) rules.
It is "good ole boys" network to the hilt. They allow certain drivers to do anything while if another driver does the same thing they are penalized. Had Eric Almirola dumped rich boy yesterday very different things would have been said. It took 10 years to drive me away (I really did enjoy it) but after a while too much BS is too much.
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Leonioid
caught the tail end... saw the rich boy who was gifted his ride (over many more talented drivers because of who his grand dad is) dirty driving, crash out Eric Almirola.. and the announcers didnt even talk about it... barley showed... they fear the power of the dirty drivers grand pa... that epitomizes stock car racing these days.
They showed one replay of the dirty driving.... didnt talk about it.
Had it been the other way around .. it would have been... ah... stock car racing is BS... I expect nothing else from them.
Agree 100%
Back in the day I used to say "It is hard to rig things at 180mph"...
but over time I realized they do indeed rig stock car racing, they play favorites, they changed the rules... and changed some more rules... then they changed the race format and more. It is like gerrymandering, all designed to push their "chosen boys" up front and get rid of anyone who doesn't want to play by brian france (and his cronies) rules.
It is "good ole boys" network to the hilt. They allow certain drivers to do anything while if another driver does the same thing they are penalized. Had Eric Almirola dumped rich boy yesterday very different things would have been said. It took 10 years to drive me away (I really did enjoy it) but after a while too much BS is too much.
Most connections with the sainted "Dale, Sr." are given a break - Dale Jr. (whom I call "E minor" - no championships although NASCAR sure tried), Childress, Dillon, etc.
The exception is the other Earnhardt kids (Kerry, Bobby Dale, Jeffery, etc.) - Due to influence of Jr., Childress, or Teresa?
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nick
There are so many commercials that I have to DVR it. At some points in the race they literally are going to commercials every 3-5 laps. Even fast forwarding becomes annoying.
Somewhat related, Baseball is trying to find ways to shorten the game but in reality it's the damn commercial breaks. Go to a game that ESPN is broadcasting and you will see how many times the pitcher has already finished his warmup pitches and then he just stands there because the ads are still playing.
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rbk
NASCAR has been socialized i.e. every car and every team has been reduced to the same level of mediocrity. Stages and other gimmicks notwithstanding it's become boring. The Car of Tomorrow introduced 9-10 years ago put the last nail in the coffin. Now it's just a contrived reality show.
I'm fortunate enough to have seen the the Pettys and Yarboroughs and Pearsons and Chargers and Torinos and Montegos of the world race back in the day. Back then the cars were the stars as much as the drivers. Now they're featureless blobs.
Michigan International Speedway where I've attended since 1969 grew massively but in recent years has removed the seating from virtually all of the turns and replaced it with hoity-toity RV parking. The mile of team semis selling souvenirs by the ton has been replaced by a single tent. It's sad, really, but NASCAR became a victim of first their own success and then hubris.